 Five Star Motel (2002) [ larger cover art ] |
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I dream about stars here
I dream about bringing you a parade
We read foreign papers
Pretend we're hiding from an air raid
But I can't know
Why I always stutter
And she doesn't care
Breathe the same air
I don't have a hope in hell
Doesn't see
We could agree
This could be so blissful
And I will do magic
Houdini's rabbit lives here under my sleeve
I'd saw myself in half
There'd be two of us always ready to please
But I can't know
Why I always stutter
And she doesn't care
Breathe the same air
I don't have a hope in hell
Doesn't see
We could agree
This could be so blissful
This could be so blissful
This could be so blissful
This could be so blissful
This could be so blissful
This could be so blissful now
And she
Doesn't care,
Breathe the same air
I don't have a hope in hell
Doesn't see
We could agree
This could be so, be so, be so, be so
She doesn't care
Breathe the same air
I don't have a hope in hell
Doesn't see
We could agree
This could be so good
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 10:25 I've got to give him big ups for being ani's drummer. The song, however, doesn't sound too original. |
| JonnyNismo (San Francisco) | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 10:21 Wow, this song really does suck. |
| rascal420 (Truckee, CA - 5000 feet above Paradise) | Posted: Mar 21, 2006 - 10:20 Thanks for the plant there, Andy. Just leave it outside the door. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Dec 23, 2005 - 14:13 Can there be anything worse than a third-rate Coldplay? This is bad music. It's so stolid, repetetive, and unimaginative. |
| plutodazed (Out there on Pluto...) | Posted: Nov 09, 2005 - 18:30 Andy sounds like a 2nd-Rate Coldplay whose faux-U2 seriousness doesn't cut it. |
| buddy213 (Pasadena) | Posted: Oct 11, 2005 - 11:59 He holds his own as a drummer. I wish he and Ani were still jammin' together, they made an excellent duo. |
| RabbitEars | Posted: Oct 11, 2005 - 11:52 he was a great backup for ani - i loved his vox then. his solo work is unfortunately weak. |
| briandel (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 13, 2005 - 07:10 Revel wrote: This guy sounds like Tom York drH wrote: No, this guy doesn't whine; he sings. No, this guy doesn't sing; he sucks. |
| rah | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 11:09 Let's hear "Every Little Thing She Does (Is Magic)" next! |
| Headhunter (North Carolina) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 11:08 Does sound a bit like too many other artists in this genre. I don't really hear anything original. |
| davie70 (off Broadway) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 11:08 "This could be so blissful...." and it is.... |
| am (cubicle farm) | Posted: Jul 29, 2005 - 11:08 ANNE_MARIE wrote: hey, he sounds just like Andy Stochansky.
sweet song, sweet voice...I like it! Well put!   Looove his voice! |
| rascal420 (Truckee, CA - 5000 feet above Paradise) | Posted: Jul 14, 2005 - 16:39 Angloray wrote: I'm with you on this one. I tried, but no thanks. must mute and escape. Right |
| Dietrich | Posted: May 16, 2005 - 22:24 I think the whole album is great. I can spin it several times before swapping it out of the CD changer in my trunk. Sometimes it makes it through a couple of swaps before pulling this CD out. |
| Chunnamark (Boston, MA) | Posted: May 02, 2005 - 07:01 I bought this album on the strength of this single, (and because it reminded me of Word of Mouth Parade by Gus, an album I highly suggest), and because it's Andeeeee STOOOOOOO-chansky, but the album kinda sucks... pretty boring... |
| moomatz (San Diego) | Posted: Mar 04, 2005 - 11:41 Sounds like the dude from Radiohead, but more of a wannabe to me. |
| Fat_Man_Flo (Whitehorse) | Posted: Feb 22, 2005 - 22:43 I think he has a beautiful voice. kinda a cross between chris carrabba from 'dashboard confessional', and lead singer from 'five for fighting' Higher pitched than most =) |
| Angloray (cubicle) | Posted: Dec 20, 2004 - 17:28 catmaven wrote: I rated it 1 before. I had the same, strong, reaction today. By no stretch of courtesy or fantasy could this straining of vocal cords be dignified with the word "singing." (
I'm with you on this one. I tried, but no thanks. must mute and escape. |
| ginger | Posted: Oct 22, 2004 - 15:39 This is the first time I've heard this on RP, but I've had the album for -- I don't know -- a couple of years? I really like it. I bought it "sound unheard" 'cause I recognized Andy's name (knew he was Ani's drummer). I was pleasantly surprised that while nothing like Ani's music, I really liked his stuff in it's own right. |
| PattonFever (wherever i go, there i am.) | Posted: Sep 13, 2004 - 16:53 i like this one a lot. the lyrics make me smile |
| Tux (The Netherlands) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 05:18 freakscout wrote: Nice! -- sounds a lot like Radiohead before they became Media Darlings.
I agree with the "sounds like" part: added to my mute list |
| phineas (lotusland) | Posted: Apr 29, 2004 - 10:03 Rockabobbie wrote: I've always liked this tune ever since Bill started spinning it.
I didn't like it the first several times I heard it....but now I like it alot. Thanks to RP for "forcing" me to really get to know a song. |
| ANNE_MARIE (The Ozark Mountains) | Posted: Apr 29, 2004 - 07:21 hey, he sounds just like Andy Stochansky.
sweet song, sweet voice...I like it! |
| Rockabobbie (monitor-side in the foothills of NC) | Posted: Feb 05, 2004 - 16:29 I've always liked this tune ever since Bill started spinning it. Yeah, I guess I'm a sucker for that buckley/Radiohead/Coldplay strain of rock. (Gosh, do those three really go together?!) Derivative? Maybe. Strained? Sure. Even though not earth shattering, I find it an honest display of emotion and another example of the triumph of passion over technical brilliance. Music is first and foremost an expression. And this is a clear example of that. Hey, I know I've felt a bit self-conscious in the presence of a knock-your-socks-off woman or two. |
| RichardPrins (Canada) | Posted: Feb 02, 2004 - 05:04 Most reviews (Amazon, etc.) seems to refer to the album's song 22 Steps... Any chance? Wouldn't mind hearing another cut... |
| phhht (Berkeley flats) | Posted: Jan 22, 2004 - 20:09 there's a bunch of disco tweet in that cheese |
| drH (Armpit, Earth) | Posted: Jan 05, 2004 - 16:03 Revel wrote: This guy sounds like Tom York
No, this guy doesn't whine; he sings. |
| drH | Posted: Dec 26, 2003 - 09:50 RichardPrins wrote: True, bit of Buckley as well... rather good melodic song... Seems to be a whole legion of Buckley influenced singers nowadays. |
| cycleman (Redding, Connecticut) | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 10:44 Highly derivitive I'm afraid..... |
| DRS (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 10:42 Nice, but it start to sound melow and cheesy after some listens... |
| istanbulbaby (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Nov 25, 2003 - 12:20 Well, I like it, but then I like that Radiohead/Coldplay/boring, whiny angst/straining of vocal cords sound, anyway. |
| RichardPrins (Canada) | Posted: Nov 15, 2003 - 04:48 the_om wrote: Not a bad song but, as mentioned below, sounds a lot like other stuff out there (Radiohead and Coldplay, to my ear).
True, bit of Buckley as well... rather good melodic song... |
| eric (Secret Hideaway) | Posted: Aug 04, 2003 - 23:33 Originally Posted by Revel:
This guy sounds like Tom York ...but without the creativity and talent. |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: Jul 05, 2003 - 08:01 Originally Posted by beelzebubba:
--Well put, fellow listener.Yawn.......been there, heard that...more boring, whiny angst |
| rKokon (Colesville, MD) | Posted: Jul 05, 2003 - 07:59 I rated it 1 before. I had the same, strong, reaction today. By no stretch of courtesy or fantasy could this straining of vocal cords be dignified with the word "singing." If never heard again on earth would be far too soon.  :( |
| Zweiblumen (College Station, TX) | Posted: Jul 05, 2003 - 07:59 Originally Posted by Revel:
This guy sounds like Tom York Agreed, but you forgot some silent letters in Thom Yorke.  |
| ludwig7 (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Jun 04, 2003 - 18:42 The first line sounds like he's singing, "I dream about Starsky." What about Hutch? :D |
| chambers (Canada) | Posted: Apr 24, 2003 - 06:32 Andy Stochansky wrote a song telling my story about a woman I fell in love with...I just wanted to thank Mr. Stochansky for getting me through this year. -JC |
| www.MarkTAW.com (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 15:43 Originally Posted by Revel:
This guy sounds like Tom York Yeah, I'm always surprised when I hear this song... This guy was Ani Difranco's drummer, but he sounds like Radiohead. |
| Revel (NY city, NY) | Posted: Feb 28, 2003 - 15:50 This guy sounds like Tom York |
| Madina (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: Feb 25, 2003 - 14:17 For RP listeners in Los Angeles... Andy will be performing on Friday, Feb. 28th at the Knitting Factory in the Alterknit Lounge. www.knittingfactory.com www.andystochansky.com |
| MsfStl (Clayton, MO) | Posted: Feb 19, 2003 - 10:50 Originally Posted by eric:
Please, Bill, this song is starting to get downright annoying. Yeah, annoyingly GOOD! |
| eric (Secret Hideaway) | Posted: Feb 10, 2003 - 21:03 Please, Bill, this song is starting to get downright annoying. |
| JohnMac (New York, NY) | Posted: Feb 04, 2003 - 03:13 i used to kind of like this song, but it is wearing on me, real fast |
| beelzebubba (Sicklerville, NJ) | Posted: Jan 24, 2003 - 13:41 Yawn.......been there, heard that...more boring, whiny angst |
| tdogboy (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Jan 24, 2003 - 13:40 I've got a better band name for this one. Andy Stochansky and His Amazing Xerox Machine! Or maybe Andy Stochansky and The Cookie Cutters! Gets a one for unoriginality. |
| the_om (New Augusta, IN) | Posted: Jan 21, 2003 - 10:34 Not a bad song but, as mentioned below, sounds a lot like other stuff out there (Radiohead and Coldplay, to my ear). Definitely an artist to watch but this particular song doesn't add much to this playlist. |
| Dave_Mack (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Jan 16, 2003 - 14:50 OK, now play "Stutter" by Elastica. Then you'd have something. |
| freakscout (baltimore, md) | Posted: Jan 02, 2003 - 18:14 Nice! -- sounds a lot like Radiohead before they became Media Darlings. |
| justlistening (Irvine, CA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2002 - 07:41 Got a ho hum from me. One dimensional - which isn't always bad - but in this case nothing grabbed me to make up for it. Oh well. |